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An online journal published by Little Toller Books that offers writers and artists a dedicated space in which to explore and celebrate the landscapes we live in. Our contributors are encouraged to go forth and find distinctive visions that startle us, rural or urban, modern or prehistoric, industrial, post-industrial, fantastical, natural, political, however they come. But each must be meaningful, surprising, felt.

Farmer’s Glory by A G Street

“One of the great farming books.” James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd’s Life.

First published in 1932, Farmer’s Glory is A. G. Street’s warm, humorous and unsentimental account of the joys and tribulations of farming in the early years of the twentieth century, in Wiltshire and in Canada. Part of our Nature Classics series

Paperback £12. Published in October 2017.

Author: A. G. Street, introduced by James Rebanks, with illustrations by Gwen Raverat.

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“One of the great farming books…” James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd’s Life

First published in the early 1930s, Farmer’s Glory is a warm and humorous classic about farming life. Written in simple, direct prose, Farmer’s Glory is a model of the genre and was praised by Compton Mackenzie, who described it as “a thing of beauty.” Detailing the hardships and joys of farming life in the early decades of the twentieth century, the book stands testament to a generation of those who cultivated the land on both sides of the Atlantic. With a strong sense of the local Wiltshire dialect, Street’s book is an unsentimental but still charming account of the life and the people of that corner of the county.

A. G. Street (1892-1966) was a farmer and broadcaster who grew up in Wiltshire, farmed first in Canada before returning to southern England, and wrote many books, of which Farmer’s Glory was his first and is also his best known. The book was written to supplement his income during the great depression of the early 1930s – in later years Street wrote a column for Farmer’s Weekly.

Along the with the introduction by James Rebanks, author of the bestselling The Shepherd’s Life, our new edition includes the wonderful wood engravings from the first edition, made by the talented and influential Gwen Raverat.